Food Lane Seeks Move To Former Acme Store Briefly

January 16, 1985|The Morning Call

Officials for Food Lane in the Lehigh Shopping Center, Bethlehem, have begun talks with the shopping center owner to move the Food Lane store from its current location into the former Acme building in the center.

A Food Lane official, who declined to identify herself, refused to comment on the proposal. The company will issue a press release when it is ready, she said.

However, an official for Net Properties of Great Neck, N.Y., which owns the shopping center, said preliminary talks have begun with Food Lane officials, but details have yet to be addressed.

The Net Properties official, who also declined to identify himself, said, "Basically, the move is (for Food Lane) to have the ability to make the store bigger than it already is."

Plans have reportedly been filed with the city planning commission. Planning commission officials could not be reached yesterday for comment.

The Acme building has been vacant since Nov. 11. The store ceased operations in the 14,000-square-foot structure when it was unable to extend its lease. Store employees were absorbed into other area stores.